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You need to start Metview with the -desktop flag. At the moment the best version to try Desktop out is metview_dev, so the command is as follows:
metview4metview_dev -desktop
The user interface
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Here action 'Create New Icon' will start up a modeless Create icon dialog, which contains the same interface as the Create icon sidebar. There are two other two actions to use: 'Create new Folder' and 'Create new Macro' directly creates a new Folder or a Macro, respectively.
Copy and move by drag and drop
You can copy icons between Folder views by dragging them with middle mouse button. Dragging an icon with the left mouse button means move.
If the drop target can also be a Folder icon, a Folder tab, a Breadcrumbs, a Bookmarks item or an icon drawer. The rules are the samee.g. a drawer or a breadcrumbs item) the drag action is always copy! Drag and drop
Copy, move and cut using the clipboard
Drag and drop is Metview's distinctive feature. Dragging an icon can either mean copy or move actions.The general rule is as follows:
drag between Folder views: left mouse button means move
dragg with the middle mouse button means copy
that drag with the left mouse button means move while You can drag icons between Folder views or from a
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Compress icons
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